The art that brings dinosaurs to life.

Palaeoart: Drawing From the Past

The tail of a feathered dinosaur has been found perfectly preserved in amber from Myanmar.

'Beautiful' Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber

A rusty-brown rock found on a beach by a fossil hunter might contain a bit of preserved dinosaur brain.

Researchers Say They've Found a Bit of Fossilized Dinosaur Brain

This new dinosaur adds to the big picture of how the terrible lizards were faring at the end of the Cretaceous.

Palaeo Profile: The Mud Dragon

An extinct bird that lived about 120 million years ago had iridescent feathers that it may have used to attract a mate, fossil evidence shows.

Dino-Bird Fossil Had Sparkly Feather "to Attract Mate"

Fossil collections are where the science of palaeontology truly lives. Valuable dinosaur bones must be treated accordingly. So stop calling museum collections "dark and dusty."

Preserve and Protect: How Palaeontologists Care for Their Long-Dead, High-Maintenance Stars

Every fossilized skeleton is a unique snowflake. We now know that some contain biological bits of tooth and claw.

Fossilized Dinos Are Bones Turned to Stone - But Sometimes, Part of the Original Dino Survives

A remarkable fossil record of the dinosaurs that led to birds reveals how evolution produces entirely new kinds of organisms.

How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs

A couple of new tribes (clades) for horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians).

Scientists Redefine Horned Dinosaur Relationships by Naming Two New Ceratopsian Tribes

The giant troodontid dinosaurs of Alaska. Beautiful stuff, and quite...intimidating, despite their appearance.

The Giant Troodontid Dinosaurs of Alaska